I've played two rounds of 18 this week. One at The Meadows, a pretty open course just north of the city, and at River Oaks, south of city in a partly wooded area along the LaSalle river.
Jeff and I golfed River Oaks last year, and I think I was 123 then. But this week I was 107 at River Oaks and 109 at The Meadows.
This confirms my golf game is improving as I play more, although I'm don't know that I'll ever be that serious about it. Pretty sure I can break a 100 soon though, which would be cool.
July 4, 2006
July 2, 2006
The Blue et Les Bleus
Great day for a couple of my football clubs yesterday. The Blue Bombers crushed the Eskimos 46-10. The Esks moved the ball through the air, but stumbled when they got close to scoring. On the ground they were abysmal; Troy Davis had 8 carries for 11 yards. Before the game I told Warren and Corey that the Esks weren't going to get 20 points, and they didn't. Ha!
The Blue offense, which had been a concern, scored almost at will. Glenn had 3 TDs passes, Roberts ran for 1 (and 95 yards overall), and then the backup QB Quinn came in and also moved the ball, throwing another TD to Stegall.
Earlier, Zinedane Zidane was just outstanding in France's 1-0 win over Brazil. They really dominated the match, and should really have won by more, although Brazil battled to the end and had a couple of chances to tie it up. I thought France could beat Brazil, and they did. Ha!
Of course, I also told a friend that Argentina was going to win it all, which ain't gonna happen. But I said the other finalist would be France.
Bring on the semis!
The Blue offense, which had been a concern, scored almost at will. Glenn had 3 TDs passes, Roberts ran for 1 (and 95 yards overall), and then the backup QB Quinn came in and also moved the ball, throwing another TD to Stegall.
Earlier, Zinedane Zidane was just outstanding in France's 1-0 win over Brazil. They really dominated the match, and should really have won by more, although Brazil battled to the end and had a couple of chances to tie it up. I thought France could beat Brazil, and they did. Ha!
Of course, I also told a friend that Argentina was going to win it all, which ain't gonna happen. But I said the other finalist would be France.
Bring on the semis!
July 1, 2006
Oh England!
And sadly England crash out of the World Cup via penalty kicks once again. I think England was the better side, esp. as they played about an hour with 10 men and still had a good run of play.
Nice that Owen Hargreaves showed why Erikson wanted him to play for England, rather than Canada, Wales or Germany. Too bad that Beckham got hurt and couldn't finish the match and be on for the pks. He would have done better than Gerrard or Lampard, who was especially disappointing this World Cup.
I knew it was a bad sign when all four of the TSN/Sportsnet guys chose England to win.
Nice that Owen Hargreaves showed why Erikson wanted him to play for England, rather than Canada, Wales or Germany. Too bad that Beckham got hurt and couldn't finish the match and be on for the pks. He would have done better than Gerrard or Lampard, who was especially disappointing this World Cup.
I knew it was a bad sign when all four of the TSN/Sportsnet guys chose England to win.
June 27, 2006
Nice one Les Bleus!
Good game by France today. Old guys stepped up, and new guys came through too. Should be tough against Brazil, who were fortunate to have a clean sheet against Ghana, although they were the better side.
Sad about Australia going out yesterday, although they really should have scored at some point during the second half with the man advantage.
Oh, and congrats to the Swiss for not giving up a goal, and then failing to score during the penalty shoot, putting Ukraine through to face Italy.
Quarter finals should all be great game's, just like today's I hope.
Sad about Australia going out yesterday, although they really should have scored at some point during the second half with the man advantage.
Oh, and congrats to the Swiss for not giving up a goal, and then failing to score during the penalty shoot, putting Ukraine through to face Italy.
Quarter finals should all be great game's, just like today's I hope.
June 17, 2006
What a match!
The Italy-USA football match today was amazing! The US carries the play, but gets down a goal after an Italian free kick. Then they get their own free kick, which an Italian defender fluffs his clearing attempt into his own net, and we are level!
In the next minute an Italian attempts to head the ball, and in the process flagrantly elbows McBride in the head. McBride goes down and comes up bloodied. The referee from Uruguay gives the Italian a red card. Italy's down to 10 men.
Play continues, and the US has most of it. However, just before halftime a Yank slides into an Italian player with both feet, studs up. The ref gives the Yank a red card, and they are down to 10 men.
This was a controversial call. The ABC - American - coverage thought it was wrong, unsurprisingly. The Canadian coverage was divided: Craig Forrest thought it should have been yellow only, while Dick Howard thought it was deserving of the straight red. The English play by play guy was non-committal - it seemed to me; he didn't say it was wrong or right, although I think he was perhaps surprised that it was a direct red.
My opinion is that it was a technically correct, although harsh decision. The American commentator thought it was a make-up call, which may have some validity in the sense that the ref might have gone directly red if he hadn't already given one out.
The interesting play came just after the half-time restart. American defender Pope made a late challenge on an Italian just outside the US box and got yellow carded. However, he had also been booked in the first half, so Pope was sent off and the US was down to 9 men.
What was interesting to me was that the ref didn't pull out the red card immediately. It was only after he went to write Pope's number down again that he realized Pope had already been booked and had to be sent off.
I wonder if he would have booked Pope for that second infraction if he knew that Pope was already in the book. The second tackle was a bookable one, but it wasn't so bad that it couldn't have been overlooked.
Of course, this had an influence on the game, or at least how the rest of the game was played. However, neither team scored, so the final was 1-1. If anything that result flattered the Italians.
In the next minute an Italian attempts to head the ball, and in the process flagrantly elbows McBride in the head. McBride goes down and comes up bloodied. The referee from Uruguay gives the Italian a red card. Italy's down to 10 men.
Play continues, and the US has most of it. However, just before halftime a Yank slides into an Italian player with both feet, studs up. The ref gives the Yank a red card, and they are down to 10 men.
This was a controversial call. The ABC - American - coverage thought it was wrong, unsurprisingly. The Canadian coverage was divided: Craig Forrest thought it should have been yellow only, while Dick Howard thought it was deserving of the straight red. The English play by play guy was non-committal - it seemed to me; he didn't say it was wrong or right, although I think he was perhaps surprised that it was a direct red.
My opinion is that it was a technically correct, although harsh decision. The American commentator thought it was a make-up call, which may have some validity in the sense that the ref might have gone directly red if he hadn't already given one out.
The interesting play came just after the half-time restart. American defender Pope made a late challenge on an Italian just outside the US box and got yellow carded. However, he had also been booked in the first half, so Pope was sent off and the US was down to 9 men.
What was interesting to me was that the ref didn't pull out the red card immediately. It was only after he went to write Pope's number down again that he realized Pope had already been booked and had to be sent off.
I wonder if he would have booked Pope for that second infraction if he knew that Pope was already in the book. The second tackle was a bookable one, but it wasn't so bad that it couldn't have been overlooked.
Of course, this had an influence on the game, or at least how the rest of the game was played. However, neither team scored, so the final was 1-1. If anything that result flattered the Italians.
June 10, 2006
No goals, but how exciting!
Watched the three World Cup games today, and I must say that the most exciting one was the nil-nil tie between Trinidad & Tobago and Sweden. T&T being such underdogs, holding the Swedes scoreless in the first half, then getting one of their players sent off. It was packed with drama.
The England-Paraguay game was a bit messy, and Argentina-Ivory Coast had action but the second half was mostly boring as Argentina was ahead by 2-0 and Ivory Coast couldn't pull one back until late in the game.
The T&T-Sweden game was telecast on ABC, which was a curious choice of teams for them to show, but it was the one that fit their schedule. Hopefully some Yanks watched and saw that a 0-0 game can still be fun to watch.
The England-Paraguay game was a bit messy, and Argentina-Ivory Coast had action but the second half was mostly boring as Argentina was ahead by 2-0 and Ivory Coast couldn't pull one back until late in the game.
The T&T-Sweden game was telecast on ABC, which was a curious choice of teams for them to show, but it was the one that fit their schedule. Hopefully some Yanks watched and saw that a 0-0 game can still be fun to watch.
June 2, 2006
More flowers
This is the first year this iris plant has bloomed. Boy, was it worth the wait!
This bleeding heart plant I got from a neighbor last year, and it's come in nicely this year.
And celendine poppys continue to spread around my yard.
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